2020-Sep-04 minutes

Monthly Meeting for LPARC 9/4/20

Present:

KM6JUO Penny

KG6MBA Bert

KM6GNG Dan

KD6KDF Pam

KE6QZJ Scott

AC6E Mike

KM6ZWR Jack Saratoga

AA6JY John Yontz

Meeting started at 7:03 using Webex

Meeting minutes from last month approved.

Attending:

Scott

Dan

Mike Myers

Kathy

Penny

Bert

John

Jack

Pam

Sept repeater assignments for KC6TYG LPARC weekly net.

9/8 Bert

9/15 Kathy APARC Penny to do SVECS net

9/22 Dan

9/29 Mike

No treasurer's report:

Burt was reimbursed

Equipment Report:

All three repeaters are up and running.

Bert is still working on what it will take to hook A6KE to the K6TYG.

Estimate $1000-$1200.

Bert was asked by the TYG land owner to contact other people using the TYG repeater

The owner has a Yagi antenna available for us to use, plus an IP address.

Do we want to setup a system that can work with one of the digital standards.

President's Report:

How are we going to sell our donated equipment? Next steps?

Ebay, Craigslist, 95033, others ...

Dan to send out list.

Can we use xczcomm.com

Contact XCZ DEC for approval.

Grant Request:

Penny is committing to finish the grant request this week

for the Loma Prieta Community Foundation.

Upcoming events in through Santa Clara:

Sept 12, Zoom class on shadowing

Sept 13, message passing net

Sept 19 9:00 cross band repeating / antennas

Sept 26 7:45AM - 5:00 Ham cram class www.baears.com signup Bay Area Educational Amateur Radio Service

Oct 10 Santa Clara County wide communication exercise.

EC Report:

Loma Prieta has had several members participating in the Fire

event. (Austin, Bert, Dan, Pam, possibly Penny tomorrow). Our

club was well represented.

Action Items:

Penny and Dan will discuss the details of having a multi-repeater relay exercise

next month, as this month there is the 6/7 ARES Safe Mobile Exercise.

Meeting concluded at 19:45